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English Intermediate B1.2

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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There are 6 modules in this course

Welcome to the second and final course in our B1 program!

English is the most important international language for the workplace and for study, and this second course will help you improve your language skills even further to reach the convincing intermediate level you need to work, study or travel abroad. The varied learning activities will enable you to communicate on a variety of more complex topics like the digital university, the climate and the environment, and looking after your health.

This module teaches you how to talk about domestic animals, how to look after an animal successfully and give relevant advice about which pet to choose.

What's included

3 videos3 readings8 assignments1 discussion prompt

3 videosTotal 13 minutes
  • Pet therapy for Etta3 minutes
  • Grammar focus - Conditional sentences4 minutes
  • Pronunciation focus - Reading phonemic script6 minutes
3 readingsTotal 25 minutes
  • Pets: reading for specific information and guessing meaning of unknown words from context10 minutes
  • Speaking skills - giving and justifying an opinion 10 minutes
  • Downloadable dictionary5 minutes
8 assignmentsTotal 66 minutes
  • Pets and their accessories 5 minutes
  • Let's practice - Conditional sentences7 minutes
  • Traveling with your pet 10 minutes
  • Having pets in an apartment - vet's advice 7 minutes
  • Choosing a dogsitter 7 minutes
  • Choosing the right pet for your classroom5 minutes
  • Reading skills - meaning in context10 minutes
  • End of week 1 - Pets15 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 15 minutes
  • Writing skills - having a pet15 minutes

The language content this week prepares you to ask and answer questions about your learning experience, especially about language learning. By the end of the week you should be able to carry out tasks related to distance learning, everyday life at university and Erasmus projects.

What's included

4 videos4 readings9 assignments1 discussion prompt

4 videosTotal 13 minutes
  • Are you really going to do it? 2 minutes
  • Grammar focus - Present tenses for future time 3 minutes
  • Grammar focus - Other future forms 3 minutes
  • Pronunciation focus - spellings and sounds 4 minutes
4 readingsTotal 30 minutes
  • How to write a motivational letter10 minutes
  • Speaking skills: Education questions + answers10 minutes
  • Watching5 minutes
  • Downloadable dictionary5 minutes
9 assignmentsTotal 85 minutes
  • The words of a university student 10 minutes
  • Present or future time? 10 minutes
  • Let's practice the future 10 minutes
  • An email to apply for a course 10 minutes
  • An exam session 5 minutes
  • Looking for a new flatmate5 minutes
  • Listening skills: Student accommodation10 minutes
  • Reading skills: Distance learning and Moocs10 minutes
  • End of week 2 - Education 15 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes
  • Writing skills: The university of the future10 minutes

This week focuses on the world of work, and you will look at the lexis to describe jobs and professions, key elements of job descriptions, as well as personal skills and competencies required for specific jobs. There will also be an opportunity to study the sections and components of a CV and how best to prepare an effective CV in English.

What's included

3 videos6 readings10 assignments1 discussion prompt

3 videosTotal 10 minutes
  • You have to be kidding me!2 minutes
  • Grammar focus: expressing obligation and necessity 6 minutes
  • Pronunciation focus - homonyms2 minutes
6 readingsTotal 40 minutes
  • Gender-neutral language for professions5 minutes
  • Curriculum Vitae5 minutes
  • Personal profile section on a CV5 minutes
  • Speaking skills - Describe a job10 minutes
  • Outside the classroom10 minutes
  • Downloadable dictionary5 minutes
10 assignmentsTotal 83 minutes
  • Vocabulary: jobs and job descriptions10 minutes
  • Let's practice: expressing obligation6 minutes
  • Further practice expressing obligation 6 minutes
  • Job adverts5 minutes
  • Information on a CV6 minutes
  • Common errors to avoid on your CV5 minutes
  • Reading skills: Teenage career expectations10 minutes
  • Listening skills: Interview with a businessperson10 minutes
  • Writing skills: Open cloze practice10 minutes
  • End of week 3 - Jobs and professions15 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes
  • Write a personal profile 10 minutes

In this module you will have the opportunity to learn the language you need to describe an illness or injury, how to ask for help and how to recount what happened.

What's included

3 videos4 readings9 assignments2 discussion prompts

3 videosTotal 9 minutes
  • Take care!3 minutes
  • Grammar focus: giving advice 2 minutes
  • Pronunciation focus - homophones 4 minutes
4 readingsTotal 25 minutes
  • Grammar focus: narrative tenses 10 minutes
  • Doctors online 5 minutes
  • Meditation 5 minutes
  • Dictionary 5 minutes
9 assignmentsTotal 77 minutes
  • Vocabulary: illnesses and symptoms 10 minutes
  • Let's practice: narrative tenses6 minutes
  • Let's practice: giving advice 10 minutes
  • Language check: Doctors online 6 minutes
  • At the pharmacy 5 minutes
  • Five tips for a healthier you10 minutes
  • Listening skills: accidents + injuries 10 minutes
  • Reading skills - The origins of medical terminology 5 minutes
  • End of week 4 - Health and illness15 minutes
2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes
  • Share your tips for a happy and healthy life10 minutes
  • Writing skills 10 minutes

By the end of this module, you should be able to describe and talk about the weather in different contexts and seasons. You should also be able to understand basic information about climate change and explain what you do to protect the planet.

What's included

3 videos10 readings7 assignments2 discussion prompts

3 videosTotal 13 minutes
  • Globally, for change!3 minutes
  • Grammar focus - linking words of contrast3 minutes
  • Pronunciation focus - word stress7 minutes
10 readingsTotal 60 minutes
  • Vocabulary focus - weather expressions 5 minutes
  • Pronunciation of binomials 5 minutes
  • Vocabulary focus - protecting the planet5 minutes
  • Grammar focus - limit forms of the adjective 5 minutes
  • The lift conversation - the weather 5 minutes
  • Weather symbols5 minutes
  • Environmental organizations 5 minutes
  • Speaking skills - Describing a weather situation 10 minutes
  • Outside the classroom - exam skills 10 minutes
  • Downloadable dictionary 5 minutes
7 assignmentsTotal 57 minutes
  • Let's practice - weather expressions 6 minutes
  • Let's practice - limit forms of the adjective 5 minutes
  • Let's practice - linking words of contrast5 minutes
  • Protecting the planet6 minutes
  • Reading skills - Be a greener person 10 minutes
  • Listening skills : The weather forecast10 minutes
  • End of week 5 - Climate and weather15 minutes
2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes
  • Environmental organizations10 minutes
  • Writing skills: My favorite season10 minutes

In this last week of the course you will learn the lexis and phrases to describe the common causes and symptoms of stress. You will also explore, evaluate and apply different ways of dealing with mental health issues like stress. The grammar focus is on reported, or indirect, speech.

What's included

1 video8 readings7 assignments2 discussion prompts

1 videoTotal 2 minutes
  • Give yourself a break 2 minutes
8 readingsTotal 65 minutes
  • Vocabulary focus: stress and negative feelings5 minutes
  • Grammar focus: indirect speech10 minutes
  • Vocabulary focus: adjectives to nouns 10 minutes
  • Making Brownies10 minutes
  • Control your nerves5 minutes
  • Speaking skills10 minutes
  • Dictionary5 minutes
  • International exams at B1 level: information10 minutes
7 assignmentsTotal 62 minutes
  • Let's practice lexis to talk about stress5 minutes
  • Let's practice indirect speech 10 minutes
  • Tools for self-care 5 minutes
  • Preparing for an exam 7 minutes
  • Listening skills: neuroscience and self-care10 minutes
  • Reading skills 10 minutes
  • End of week 6 - Self-care15 minutes
2 discussion promptsTotal 25 minutes
  • Build your own self-care box10 minutes
  • Writing skills15 minutes

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Reviewed on Aug 5, 2024

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Reviewed on Jun 29, 2024

The resources are suitable for B1 level and I learned some useful vocabulary.

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Reviewed on Aug 1, 2024

This course is perfect and I have learned so much about reading comprehension, reading. writing. listening, and speaking.

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